48 reasons why you still feel for Singapore

#SG49: It will be 49 reasons next National Day.

Belmont Lay| August 10, 10:02 AM

Despite all of her shortcomings, Singapore has been and will be home to millions of people, who otherwise wouldn't have another place to go.

So what makes a home? Well, chance and inertia mainly.

But also a host of other everyday, inconsequential stuff. Such as the following 48 items on this list.

If any one of them puts a smile on your face or a tear in your eye or a song in your heart, good.

 

1. Singapore can be so very pretty

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Source: 9gag.com

Runaway capitalism aside.

 

2. She is starting to mix the serious with the fun

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Source: The Butter Factory Facebook

Especially during Halloween.

 

3. No, seriously, she is starting to loosen up

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Source: 9gag.com

This picture made it internationally.

 

4. We still own Malaysia at football

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Source: YouTube

Malaysia Cup 1994 winner

 

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Source: YouTube

Malaysia Super League 2013 winner

 

5. We are becoming more creative as the days go by

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Source: 9gag.com

Problem solvers, these guys.

 

6. We can always count on her to give us what we need

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Such as the best discounts during periods of inflation.

 

7. We can still find our way around the rules

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Or practise trolling.

 

8. We have the space to act out sometimes

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Source: 9gag.com

But we still turned out okay. We are quick to judge and just as quick to forget.

 

9. We commit typos of the worst kind and still embrace them

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Despite English being our First Language.

 

10. We have the best zoo

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The Singapore Zoo is still the most awesome in the world.

 

11. We are starting to appreciate irony more

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And the role of coincidence.

 

12. Anyone, regardless of nationality, can pay it forward here

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Like this Korean guy who gave his slippers to the old lady on the bus.

 

13. Our values can change with the times

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And we are becoming kinder and more accepting.

 

14. Although it can also be baffling at times

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15. We are still discovering our history

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All the strange, fascinating facts that weren't exactly taught in school.

 

16. Like, for example, we invented chili crab

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17. Speaking of school, we live for silly rivalries.

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18. The conservative segment still feels safe here

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19. And the minorities are standing up to be counted

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20. We have our own unsolved mystery

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Source: Wikipedia

Sembawang Hot Spring is our only natural hot spring, dispensing 131ºC water. The exact source of the spring remains unknown.

 

21. We have full mastery over the urban environment

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Source: Superfly Monkey Dragons

We build it up. And then we parkour.

 

22. Two words: Mustafa Centre

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Source: Flickr

 

23. Community cats, community cats everywhere

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There is even a Facebook group called Cat Molester that documents the cute furry ones.

 

24. We are raising a new breed of lion-hearted youths

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Source: Youtube

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Source: Facebook

Republic Polytechnic student, 20-year-old Syafiq "The Slasher" Samad, has evolved to take Singapore Mixed Martial Arts world by storm.

 

25. We lionise those who stand up for the people

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Source

 

26. We are finding our voice and our film-making sensibilities

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Source: Ilo Ilo Facebook

 

27. We have certainly found our own sense of humour

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28. Our inside jokes

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Like how we sniggered really hard at this

 

29. Our innate creativity that runs amok

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Source: 9gag.com

Yeah, looks about right.

 

30. Our increasing civic-mindedness

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Source: Nathaniel Koh Facebook

Faith in humanity restored.

 

31. Our unity against adversaries

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Source: Shihui Facebook

Such as this ERP gantry at the Redbull Flugtag held at Sentosa in 2012. We cheered aloud together when we let gravity destroy the thing we despise.

 

32. The worst ad placements

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Source: 9gag.com

FAIL.

 

33. The gentle reminders

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34. The improvisations

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35. The smells

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Source: Flickr

 

36. The unspoken permissiveness

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Source: Flickr

 

37. Our own superhero

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Source: Wikipedia

Jenny Quantum.

 

38. And our own super hero name

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Erm, ya.

 

39. The bromance. Definitely the bromance.

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Source: 9gag.com

 

40. We already know Singapore so well

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Source: Wikipedia

We won't fall for tourist traps.

 

41. The unglamorous corners still get to us

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Source: Wikipedia

Sungei Road, for example.

 

42. You actually look forward to the comfort of the Changi Airport arrival hall

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Source: Flickr

Whenever you are away for too long.

 

43. This song

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Source: YouTube

 

44. This guy who sings for free food

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Source: YouTube

 

45. We owe it to those who went before us that they did not die in vain

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To live our lives to the fullest. So that we can have our jam-packed concerts.

 

46. We are linguistically diverse

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Source: YouTube

If you know this movie, you're awesome.

 

47. The people and things that went before

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Source: Remember Singapore

I know I'll often stop and think about them.

 

48. Above all else, you and me

the-people-of-singapore

Source: The People Of Singapore Facebook

 

Maybe you'll find another 90 reasons why you love here.

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